Hi there, sorry if this has been asked before. I did have a quick look (The first post in the FAQ thread) around but couldnt find this question, if it has already been asked please point me in the right direction .
I am looking at purchasing myself a SGS2 soon (Month or so, when the price drops) but I was wondering do you need a Samsung TV to connect it to the SGS2? I currently have a LG 32" and Panasonic 42", will either of these be ok?
Also a side question, which im guessing has been asked before, do I connect to the TV using a HDMI cable or DLNA? Im not exactly sure what DLNA is? is it just connecting to the Tv wirelesly?
Thanks for all the help. Cheers
Hi look here for DLNA http://www.dlna.org/digital_living/how_it_works/
In a nut shell yes its a way of communication between two wifi enabled devices that are DLNA certified . Your TV will have a certificate or state that it is DLNA compliant .
You can stream music , videos , etc to all DLNA devices over the air removing the need for cables.
I personally prefer cables as WiFi can be a hit and miss affair with most interference involving anything on 2.4 ghz will effect performance.
So any DLNA device your Samsung will connect to with the ALL share app
No it doesn't need to be a Samsung TV. Any TV which has a HDMI port would work perfectly fine.
I know it's maybe a little pedantic but you really dont need a tv to have a phone
The only thing a samsung TV one of the later ones will give you is the ability to use the phone as a wifi-remote and control.
DLNA which stands for complete crap, is actually good it's a simple way to stream from source to targets or to be able trigger said stream from targets specified. Best to do a youtube search as it will explain it more.
Most new tv's have dlna server clients built in. HDMI is a faster way to get a stream to play on a tv though so depends.
Side note : The current bit rate for HD vid shot on the phone is actually really crap, 10-13mbits so anything you shoot on the phone would stream over wifi using dlna quite easy. However if you decided to put a 40mbit per second HD movie, streaming over wifi maybe a little hard on all but the best wifi routes/systems. For that you would really want a hdmi out for your sgs2
Neways, hope that helps
Edit : 2 replies in the course of me typing this, must type faster
just be clear here, any TV with a HDMI port will allow picture and sound from the phone, however you are going to have to wait until june to get the adapter to allow this. This adapter (MHL) converts the mini usb port into a data port which will allow usb host, hdmi and charging from a MHL enabled TV (not available yet) and just picture and sound from a normal TV with HDMI.
Thanks for the replies everyobdy. Barry, I wouldnt want to record a video and then show it on Tv, I would most likely be downloading a movie/tv show to my PC, then onto my phone then play it through the TV. That can be done cant it?
Cheers
Edit: Sorry I didnt mean Barry, I meant Dean
Wellynz said:
Thanks for the replies everyobdy. Barry, I wouldnt want to record a video and then show it on Tv, I would most likely be downloading a movie/tv show to my PC, then onto my phone then play it through the TV. That can be done cant it?
Cheers
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If you want to show wirelessly on TV, and the TV is DLNA compliant, you can show directly from PC to TV. You can also throw an HDMI cable from PC to TV if you can.
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just be clear here, any TV with a HDMI port will allow picture and sound from the phone, however you are going to have to wait until june to get the adapter to allow this. This adapter (MHL) converts the mini usb port into a data port which will allow usb host, hdmi and charging from a MHL enabled TV (not available yet) and just picture and sound from a normal TV with HDMI.
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Thanks for that. So basically what you are saying is currently if I was connecting the phone to a TV using HDMI the sound would come out of the phone and not the TV? However when this adapter gets released the sound will come out of the TV?
If you use DNLA then no, sound and video both will come out of the tv. If you're talking about connecting to tv's HDMI then again no, both sound and video come out of the tv. In other words, if video comes out of the tv, so will sound. If video doesn't come out of the tv, then neither will sound.
Basically you either get both or none lol
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If you use DNLA then no, sound and video both will come out of the tv. If you're talking about connecting to tv's HDMI then again no, both sound and video come out of the tv. In other words, if video comes out of the tv, so will sound. If video doesn't come out of the tv, then neither will sound.
Basically you either get both or none lol
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correct, both send sound and video to the tv digitally.
stoolzo said:
just be clear here, any TV with a HDMI port will allow picture and sound from the phone, however you are going to have to wait until june to get the adapter to allow this. This adapter (MHL) converts the mini usb port into a data port which will allow usb host, hdmi and charging from a MHL enabled TV (not available yet) and just picture and sound from a normal TV with HDMI.
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Is it impossible to charge the phone while connected to a non-MHL TV, or does the adapter have a separate charging pass-through?
The MHL-HDMI adapter has a socket for a charger so you phone will get charged, too.
Hi all,
Does the HTC One x Plus support screen mirroring?
Thanks.
You can with the HTC Media Link (a separate piece of hardware). It works okay, although I've found the video framerate is a little less on the TV than on the phone, so it looks slightly choppy.
Not sure if any generic hardware supports mirroring, although you can always use DLNA to stream audio/video.
I have a TV that has VGA support and HDMI. The only way that Remix OS is even going to be useful for me is if I can plug it up to the TV.
Nothing is working. No VGA, no HDMI, even ChromeCast doesn't work.
I am using a Samsung NP300E5C laptop. The PC has 8gb Ram and an i5.
These ports definitely work on my other OS's.
Is there any way to enable VGA/HDMI ?? This is really frustrating. I went out and bought a chromecast and wasted money on that, after no HDMI/VGA support. This seems like an issue that must be affecting a lot of people. Why would you make an OS that isn't supporting these features? Let's face it--the biggest appeal of this OS is playing Android games and emulators. HDMI and VGA support should definitely be a feature.
Chromecast shows up in youtube for me but thats the only app...
Settings --> Miracast --> Chromecast works for me
Hi guys, I need to share my screen to 5 TV sets with lowest latency possible, I don't want to deal with wireless streaming via internet, I want to use a mini-usb as an output convert it to HDMI and usingQuestTel hdmi to qam modulator (or similar) distribute the signal among TV sets. Why so complicated - in the future i may need more tv's and I don't want to dedicate PC or video server for each tv set, thus I need more organic and sustainable system. So my question is - are there any devices to convert mini usb to hdmi or CVBS or YPbPr? Sorry guys, if it makes no sence - guide me to the right way. Thnak you!
Hello everyone,
I just bought the Bqeel XT9 and I would like to use it on a pc screen that hangs in my attic.
The screen level connections is dvi or vga, so I bought a dvi / hdmi adapter, problem is that the x9t does not seem to handle the resolution 1280x1024 of this screen.
I have a buddy who owns a mini pc odroid-xu4 with the same adapter and same screen resolution that runs with a custom rom of Android tv (lineage os 14.1) and told me it was possible to adapt the resolutions on Android change a few lines in a boot file.
He does it via an application dedicated to his device, I would like to know if anyone would be how to proceed on this box.
Ty in advance.